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ESD – Escola Superior de Design (UPCA)

Escola Superior de Design, Universidade Politécnica do Cávado e do Ave

The website of ESD – Escola Superior de Design (UPCA) Visit the website · esd.ipca.pt ↗

In short

The Escola Superior de Design is one of the six schools of the Universidade Politécnica do Cávado e do Ave (formerly IPCA), a public polytechnic, and is based in the ESD Centro building near Praça da Feira in Barcelos. It offers bachelor's degrees in industrial design, graphic design and audiovisual design, as well as master's and postgraduate programmes, with a product development laboratory and materials and metals workshops. Design has been taught there as a department since 2006 and as a school in its own right since 2015.

Where
Barcelos, Portugal
Crafts
Product design
Website
esd.ipca.pt
Email
esd@ipca.pt
Source
School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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